Jeff Wescott

Academics, Faculty

Jeff Wescott

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Ocean Policy

Education:

Ph.D. Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

M.A. Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

B.A. Anthropology and Cognitive Psychology, SUNY Buffalo

About

Research Areas & Interests

Political and cognitive dimensions of human-environment interactions; Island and coastal environmental histories; Blue sustainability and innovation; Social-ecological systems and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Selected Publications

  • Pristine Grounds, Plastics Histories: Narrating Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai. In Entire of Itself? Towards an Environmental History of Islands, Milica Prokić and Pavla Šimková, eds. Pp. 327- 348. Cambridgeshire, UK: White Horse Press. 2024.
  • We Sail for Stories: Fifty years of the blue humanities at Sea Education Association. With Richard King and Erin Bryant. In The Ocean, Blue Spaces and Outdoor Learning, Mike Brown, ed. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge. 2024.

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania; American Society for Environmental History